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Seacoast has recently implemented a plan by which all 35,000 customer water meters will be upgraded to Automated Meter Reading ( AMR ) technology by the year 2021. This technology, already available to approximately one-third of Seacoast customers, transmits meter readings to a central processing server 4 times daily. The reporting frequency of the new infrastructure will provide greater billing accuracy, including leak detection alerting when unusual water use patterns are detected. More

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Seacoast Utility Authority is a non-profit governmental regional water and wastewater utility that furnishes potable water and sewer service to approximately 50,380 households and commercial establishments.

The Authority s service area, which covers approximately 65 square miles, consists of certain unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County, and the incorporated areas of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, the Village of North Palm Beach, the Town of Lake Park and portions of the Town of Juno Beach, all in northern Palm Beach County, Florida.

The Authority has no taxing powers and does not receive any tax revenues from the state, county or city governments.

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Seacoast has received reports that firms marketing home water treatment devices have unscrupulously misrepresented Seacoast s water quality to our customers. If a marketing representative states or implies that there are problems with the drinking water supplied by Seacoast, ask them:

1) May I have a copy of the analysis made by a certified lab that shows where Seacoast s water quality fails to meet drinking water standards? Ask the vendor/caller for information about the laboratory used, Florida lab certification number and a phone number where the lab can be reached.

2) Ask if the vendor has reported these alleged violations to Seacoast or the Palm Beach County Health Department. If so, what are the names of the individuals to whom the vendor reported these alleged violations and what was their response?

It is suggested that you refuse to interact further with the vendor/caller until all of this information is provided. Then if you decide you want to allow the individual into your home, we will be pleased to meet with you either in your home or at Seacoast for a more in-depth review of the allegations.

Home water treatment devices can be very useful in polishing water to suit personal preferences (taste, hardness, etc.). However, the water that Seacoast delivers to your home meets or exceeds federal, state and local drinking water standards.

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Pre-Physical Therapy Requirements

Requirements

Prior to admission, a minimum of 90 semester hours of credit from an approved college or university is required. Students should be broadly educated in the sciences and humanities. The Department of Physical Therapy recognizes that, since physical therapy deals with people, an understanding of literature, art, history, ethics, and philosophy is an adjunct to a physical therapist. Science and humanities are both viewed as necessary for the practice of physical therapy.

Students who enter the professional program without a bachelor’s degree must complete the Essential Studies Requirements of the University of North Dakota. The courses and credits listed below indicate the core prerequisites all applicants must complete prior to admission to the physical therapy program.

Students may take additional electives from any field of study; however, the depth of the pre-physical therapy education should demonstrate that students have progressed from simple to complex studies in at least one content area. This requirement might typically be demonstrated by a discipline major, but in any case should demonstrate a basic comprehensiveness and integrity of study within a particular content area. This does not suggest that a separate undergraduate degree must be awarded; however, the breadth and depth in a discipline should be demonstrated. Course credits equivalent to an already recognized minor OR 20 credits of a cognate (credits in a particular discipline) with at least eight (8) of those cognate credits from upper level courses, i.e. 300 and/or 400 numbers, could accomplish this requirement.

Prospective students should review the UND PT Technical Standards to make sure they meet the requirements of the professional program. It is strongly recommended students are computer literate prior to entering the professional program.

Pre-Physical Therapy Curriculum at UND

Prospective students need 90 credits, including the following requirements:

English 110 College Composition I (3 cr.)*

English 130 Composition II: Writing for Public Audiences (3 cr.)*

Fine Arts and Humanities (9 cr.)*

Biol 150, 150L, 151, 151L. Introduction to Biology (8 cr.)

Chem 121, 121L, 122, 122L. General Chemistry I, II (8 cr.)

Social Science (3 cr.)*

Psy 111. Introduction to Psychology (3 cr.)

Phys 161, 162. Introduction to College Physics (8 cr.)

Anat 204. Anatomy for Paramedical Personnel (3 cr.)

Phy 301. Mechanics of Human Physiology (4 cr.)

Comm 110. Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 cr.)*

Psy 250. Developmental Psychology (4 cr.)

Psy 270. Abnormal Psychology (3 cr.)

Statistics (3 cr.)

PT 101. Orientation to Physical Therapy (1 cr.) (recommended)

Electives (must have at least 20 credits in one discipline)

*Courses should contribute to completion of Essential Studies Requirements .

Pre-Physical Therapy Curriculum for Non-UND Students

Prospective students need 90 credits, including the following requirements:

Two semesters of General Biology (8 cr.)

Two semesters of General Chemistry (8 cr.)

Two semesters of General Physics (8 cr.)

One semester of Human Anatomy (3 cr.)

One semester of Human Physiology (3 to 4 cr.)

One semester of Introductory Psychology (3 cr.)

One semester of Developmental Psychology (3 to 4 cr.)

One semester of Abnormal Psychology (3 cr.)

One semester of a Public Speaking course (3 cr.)

Two semesters of English Composition (6 cr.)

One semester of undergraduate statistics (3 cr.)

UND Essential Studies requirements

Electives (must have at least 20 credits in one discipline, with 8 credits of 300 and 400 level courses)

NOTE: All of these courses must be completed or in process when a student makes application to the professional program.

Rolling Jubilee

and abolished $31,982,455.76 of Debt.

A bailout of the people by the people

Rolling Jubilee is a Strike Debt project that buys debt for pennies on the dollar, but instead of collecting it, abolishes it. Together we can liberate debtors at random through a campaign of mutual support, good will, and collective refusal. Our latest project The Debt Collective aims to build collective power to challenge the way we finance and access basic necessities such as housing, medical care and education. Join us as we imagine and create a new world based on the common good, not Wall Street profits.

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We have always said that Rolling Jubilee is not a solution to the debt crisis. We will continue using the funds collected by Rolling Jubilee to conduct debt purchases that highlight different aspects of the debt system. But as of December 31st, 2013, we have stopped accepting new donations.

We have launched the Debt Collective to move beyond individual tactics, and build a debt resistance movement. This is the second phase of our movement work. By banding together, we can strike a better deal for everyone.

The Rolling Jubilee Fund is a non-profit 501(c) (4) organization with the exclusive mission of buying and abolishing debt. 100 % of the money raised goes to the process of buying and abolishing debt (a process that includes some associated costs such as paperwork, accounting, and legal fees). The volunteers managing the fund receive no compensation. In the interest of transparency, a full accounting of funds received and spent is reported on our website .

For updates about the Rolling Jubilee, read the Strike Debt Blog .

The bidding war to secure Argos operator Home Retail Group (LSE: HOME) has taken a further twist in recent days.

The retailer emerged as a shock £1bn target for Sainsbury s (LSE SBRY) in November, but South Africa s Steinhoff International got in on the action last month by making a £1.4bn bid for the catalogue specialists.

However, Sainsbury s has been given free run on Home Retail Group after Steinhoff withdrew its offer late last week, leading the British supermarket to make a formal offer at the same price. The board of Home Retail Group said that it looked forward to working towards a recommendation .

Food for thought

Sainsbury s chairman David Tyler has said that the deal presents an opportunity to accelerate our strategy, delivering compelling revenue and cost synergies. He added that we will create a multi-product, multi-channel proposition with fast delivery networks that we believe will be very attractive to the customers of both businesses .

Sainsbury s is looking to reduce its reliance on the ultra-competitive food sector, an arena beset by an increasingly-bloody price war prompted by the fast emergence of low-cost rivals Aldi and Lidl.

And at face value this strategy would appear a sage one. Sainsbury s saw like-for-like sales edge 0.1% higher in the last quarter, the first such rise for two years and one that was underpinned by strong demand for its non-food items.

Sales of entertainment products and clothing galloped 11% and 10% higher in the period, helped by the successful launch of its latest Gok Wan fashion lines.

Is Argos back ?

But many analysts are concerned that the deal may have given Sainsbury s too much to do. After all, the supermarket now has to battle to turn around two ailing businesses instead of one.

Sales at Argos have been more encouraging of late a 1.1% sales decline during the 11 weeks to February 27 marks a vast improvement from the 2.6% slip punched in the year to February 2016.

And Sainsbury s will be particularly pleased with the catalogue specialist s improving fortunes in cyberspace, a hot growth segment for the retail industry. Online takings at Argos rose 13% year-on-year in the latest quarter, driven by the popularity of the firm s new FastTrack same-day delivery and collection service.

Sainsbury s also hopes that Argos s rising online popularity not to mention plans to bring Argos outlets into its supermarkets will significantly bolster the cross-selling opportunities of its existing products.

Don t expect miracles

Still, the supermarket has plenty of work in front of it to transform Argos into the digital retailer of choice and take the fight to Amazon. Like the grocery segment, Argos operates in a highly-competitive environment, and the firm needs to offer more than better delivery options to return to sales growth.

Besides, Sainsbury s still relies on its traditional food business to generate earnings growth, prompting suggestions that the grocer would have done better using the funds to invest in developing its existing operations rather than splashing out on Argos .

While the firm s diversification strategy certainly makes sense, I believe the headaches are likely to persist at Sainsbury s thanks to the widescale competition across Britain s retail sector.

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The bidding war to secure Argos operator Home Retail Group (LSE: HOME) has taken a further twist in recent days. The retailer emerged as a shock £1bn target for Sainsbury s (LSE SBRY) in November, but South Africa s Steinhoff International got in on the action last month by making a £1.4bn bid for the catalogue specialists. However, Sainsbury s has been given free run on Home Retail Group after Steinhoff withdrew its offer late last week, leading the British supermarket to make a formal offer at the same price. The board of Home Retail Group said that it looked forward to working towards

PROUD to be B & M

Welcome to the B M Retail Careers page!

From its first store in Blackpool, Lancashire, B M has grown to over 500 stores and employs over 22,500 staff. B M believe in selling top branded products at sensational prices. We attract over 3 million happy customers through our doors a week.

B M is a family run business where the emphasis is on speed, fun and getting the job done.

The B M team is rapidly expanding across the UK and we are looking for the most talented retail professionals to join our team. If you are ambitious, have great leadership skills and a passion for success, you’re sure to enjoy working at B M.

We offer all our new recruits fantastic on the job training and the opportunity to fast track their careers at all levels within the business. Each of our employees is at the forefront of driving new ideas and plays a key part in contributing to B M’s continued growth success.

From only 21 stores and 1 distribution centre in 2004, B M has now grown to 4 distribution centres as well as over 500 stores across the UK from Belfast in Northern Ireland and Perth in Scotland to Saltash in the South of England.

900,000 UK retail jobs could be lost by 2025, warns BRC

Media caption Sir Charlie warns people are assuming things will carry on as they are “when that is unlikely”.

One of the UK’s largest employers, the retail sector, is facing the loss of up to 900,000 jobs and the closure of thousands of shops in the next decade.

A British Retail Consortium report says rising costs due to the National Living Wage and the new apprenticeship levy could speed up job cuts.

The pair are two of George Osborne’s flagship policies announced in last year’s Budget.

The study says “economically fragile” parts of the UK will be hit hardest.

The National Living Wage and apprenticeship levy “both have sound intentions but both could fail on implementation”, it says.

‘Dangerous’

Sir Charlie Mayfield, chairman of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and head of the John Lewis Partnership, said that although retailers supported the introduction of higher pay, there would be an effect on employment.

The retail sector employs three million people – a number that could fall by nearly a third in less than a decade.

Sir Charlie said that many shops would also close, as increasing costs and changes in the way millions of consumers shop take hold.

Of the 270,000 shops in the UK today, up to 74,000 could shut, the BRC report claims.

Nearly 30% of those closures could be in Wales and the north of England.

“People are not realising just how significantly the workplace is changing and I think that is dangerous,” he said.

“It means that people assume that somehow things are going to carry on as they are, when that’s unlikely.

“Some of the places that will be affected will be some of the most economically fragile.”

‘Costs to rise’

The BRC report says that the effects of the National Living Wage on employment “have been under-estimated”.

In April, the National Living Wage will come into force at a rate of £7.20 an hour for the over-25s, replacing the present minimum wage of £6.70 per hour.

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George Osborne announced in the post-election Budget last year that it would then increase to £9 an hour by 2020.

The BRC estimates a cost to the industry of up to £3bn per annum.

“With the introduction of the National Living Wage, labour costs are now set to rise,” the BRC report says.

Low pay

Supermarket critics say that the sector has relied for too long on low wages, with the BRC report revealing that the percentage of people on low pay (defined as 1.2 times the minimum wage) in the retail sector has nearly doubled since 1990 to over 60%.

For all employees it has stayed stable at under 20%.

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Sir Charlie told the BBC that although the number of jobs would fall dramatically, the jobs that are left would be more productive and pay would be higher.

Services to customers were also likely to improve and prices fall.

“I do very much believe that persistent low pay needs to be tackled, which is why we’re talking about ‘fewer but better’ jobs,” he said.

“What the National Living Wage does is that it increases the pace at which wages will rise – and by the way that’s not a bad thing, it’s in many ways a very good thing – but it will also probably accelerate some of the changes within the workforce and the responses that retailers make in order to mitigate some of the rising cost pressure that they’re seeing.”

Although not calling for a full review, Sir Charlie said that impact of the National Living Wage on employment would have to be looked at “carefully and objectively to see how things are working out”.

Tax issues

The BRC report says retailers are facing a heavy tax burden and that business rates have yet to be reformed.

Sir Charlie said there needed to be a fundamental review of retail taxes.

Stores such as John Lewis pay far higher levels of tax in the UK than companies like Amazon, although Sir Charlie was careful to avoid what his colleague, Andy Street, the chief executive of John Lewis, described as the “Amazon tax problem”.

T-Mobile Stores Could Be Casualties Of AT T Merger

While the AT & T-T-Mobile merger has yet to be approved by federal regulators, some people are already starting to feel reverberations from the deal.

According to the Wall Street Journal. some T-Mobile dealers are cutting down on plans for expansion or selling their stores, leaving T-Mobile to grapple with even more difficulties as its subscribers drain away.

T-Mobile and AT & T have 9,200 stores in the U.S. combined. T-Mobile has 2,000 company-run stores and 1,100 branded stores. While it hasn’t been announced how many stores would be cut if the deal goes through, it is expected that stores will consolidate, especially when stores are located near each other. According to analysis conducted for the WSJ by real-estate research firm CoStar Group, 41 percent of AT & T’s stores have at least a single T-Mobile store within a mile.

Some dealers have decided against opening new stores in light of the merger, especially since they cannot talk with AT & T about such matters while the deal is still being discussed by the government. T-Mobile has said that it will add 200 independent stores by the end of the year, and that it will sign on the leases for these new stores to help promote expansion.

However, AT & T has said before that one way the merger would help cut costs would be through an efficient reorganization of retail stores, according to the Journal.

And, the WSJ cautions, if a wave of T-Mobile stores close, landlords still dealing with empty stores on the heels of bankruptcy filings by major retailers like Borders and Circuit City will have an even worse situation on their hands.

In May, T-Mobile posted record subscriber losses. According to the AP. the carrier “lost a net 471,000 subscribers on contract-based plans. It was able to add subscribers through wholesalers, who pay much less than contract-signing customers, but it still lost 99,000 overall.”

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By the end of this week, shares of digital coupon leader RetailMeNot Inc. (NASDAQ:SALE ) are expected to price. The company (prospectus ) has set a pricing range of $21 to $23 per share for the 9.09 million shares going public. I believe the shares could get priced above that range and investors could see this company shoot up on the first day of trading.

RetailMeNot is selling 4.55 million shares of its company while current shareholders will also sell 4.55 million shares. After the IPO, public investors will own less than 10% of the company, while the company’s board of directors and large shareholders will own 76%. Interestingly enough, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG ) through its Google Ventures arm owns over 5% of the company pre-IPO.

RetailMeNot is the largest digital coupon website in both the United States and United Kingdom. The company has also expanded into other parts of Europe through a series of acquisitions. Here is a look at the company’s assets:

· Retailmenot.com – Largest digital coupon website in the United States, also strong in Canada, made up over 80% of the company’s 2012 revenue

· Vouchercodes.co.uk – Largest digital coupon website in the United Kingdom

RetailMeNot has seen its revenue increase substantially over the last three years. In fact, from 2010 to 2012, the company had a compound annual return of 192.9%.

In the prospectus, RetailMeNot gives an early look at second quarter earnings. Revenue is estimated to come in at $42.0 to $45.0 million. This would represent a year-over-year increase of 39.5 to 41.2%. Results were helped by recent acquisitions and increased monetization. Net income will be between $4.3 and $4.6 million. In the second quarter, 121.2 million people visited the company’s websites, an increase of 18.7%.

I think the important revenue consideration going forward is international growth. In the first quarter, 21.7% of revenue came from international markets. That is a large increase from 14.4% in the first quarter of 2012, and a nice increase from the end of 2012 (17.1%). The acquisition of actiepagina.nl will be a key to the second half of the year. The company recently expanded its sales presence in the Netherlands and will look to monetize its new asset quickly.

Only a couple of the company’s sites have mobile applications. RetailMeNot, for example, has an app that allows customers to see discounts for stores they are near to at that moment. Several of the company’s international assets in Germany, France and the United Kingdom have no apps, creating a great revenue generator down the road. I also think that the company will begin an acquisition spree on nearby European countries to its existing assets to expand within the region.

If shares price at $21, RetailMeNot will have a market capitalization of $1.05 billion (based on 50.2 million shares). However, with significant growing revenue and profitability, this is a company that could take off in its first day of trading. I also think with international sales picking up, revenue will see strong double digit gains for several years. If you have a chance to get in below $25, I would consider going long this coupon giant.

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in SALE over the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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The bidding war to secure Argos operator Home Retail Group (LSE: HOME) has taken a further twist in recent days.

The retailer emerged as a shock £1bn target for Sainsbury s (LSE SBRY) in November, but South Africa s Steinhoff International got in on the action last month by making a £1.4bn bid for the catalogue specialists.

However, Sainsbury s has been given free run on Home Retail Group after Steinhoff withdrew its offer late last week, leading the British supermarket to make a formal offer at the same price. The board of Home Retail Group said that it looked forward to working towards a recommendation .

Food for thought

Sainsbury s chairman David Tyler has said that the deal presents an opportunity to accelerate our strategy, delivering compelling revenue and cost synergies. He added that we will create a multi-product, multi-channel proposition with fast delivery networks that we believe will be very attractive to the customers of both businesses .

Sainsbury s is looking to reduce its reliance on the ultra-competitive food sector, an arena beset by an increasingly-bloody price war prompted by the fast emergence of low-cost rivals Aldi and Lidl.

And at face value this strategy would appear a sage one. Sainsbury s saw like-for-like sales edge 0.1% higher in the last quarter, the first such rise for two years and one that was underpinned by strong demand for its non-food items.

Sales of entertainment products and clothing galloped 11% and 10% higher in the period, helped by the successful launch of its latest Gok Wan fashion lines.

Is Argos back ?

But many analysts are concerned that the deal may have given Sainsbury s too much to do. After all, the supermarket now has to battle to turn around two ailing businesses instead of one.

Sales at Argos have been more encouraging of late a 1.1% sales decline during the 11 weeks to February 27 marks a vast improvement from the 2.6% slip punched in the year to February 2016.

And Sainsbury s will be particularly pleased with the catalogue specialist s improving fortunes in cyberspace, a hot growth segment for the retail industry. Online takings at Argos rose 13% year-on-year in the latest quarter, driven by the popularity of the firm s new FastTrack same-day delivery and collection service.

Sainsbury s also hopes that Argos s rising online popularity not to mention plans to bring Argos outlets into its supermarkets will significantly bolster the cross-selling opportunities of its existing products.

Don t expect miracles

Still, the supermarket has plenty of work in front of it to transform Argos into the digital retailer of choice and take the fight to Amazon. Like the grocery segment, Argos operates in a highly-competitive environment, and the firm needs to offer more than better delivery options to return to sales growth.

Besides, Sainsbury s still relies on its traditional food business to generate earnings growth, prompting suggestions that the grocer would have done better using the funds to invest in developing its existing operations rather than splashing out on Argos .

While the firm s diversification strategy certainly makes sense, I believe the headaches are likely to persist at Sainsbury s thanks to the widescale competition across Britain s retail sector.

But whether or not you share my take on Sainsbury’s, I strongly recommend you check out this totally exclusive report that reveals a range of FTSE 100 winners to supercharge your stocks portfolio.

Our 5 Dividend Winners To Retire On wealth report highlights a selection of incredible stocks with an excellent record of providing juicy shareholder returns. Among our picks are top retail, pharmaceutical and utilities plays that we’re convinced should continue to provide red-hot dividends.

Click here to download the report. It’s 100% free and comes with no further obligation .

Royston Wild has no position in any shares mentioned. The Motley Fool UK has no position in any of the shares mentioned. We Fools don’t all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.

The bidding war to secure Argos operator Home Retail Group (LSE: HOME) has taken a further twist in recent days. The retailer emerged as a shock £1bn target for Sainsbury s (LSE SBRY) in November, but South Africa s Steinhoff International got in on the action last month by making a £1.4bn bid for the catalogue specialists. However, Sainsbury s has been given free run on Home Retail Group after Steinhoff withdrew its offer late last week, leading the British supermarket to make a formal offer at the same price. The board of Home Retail Group said that it looked forward to working towards